Dr. Bill Schindler's Eat Like a Human
It’s not about WHAT we eat, but HOW we eat it.
Learning from our past to inspire our future
Experiencing the rich and diverse dietary practices of traditional and indigenous groups around the world literally brings to life what eating like a human really means. Our research is focused on preserving these traditions through documentation, sharing our experiences to introduce you to these incredible people, and drawing inspiration from what we have learned to develop strategies to transform the staples you eat every day into their safest and most nourishing form possible for you and your family.
When I was little, it used to drive my father crazy that literally every pen in the house was broken. Our house was full of click pens and I loved to take them apart. My curious mind and fidgety hands couldn’t resist the urge to completely disarticulate the pens and then attempt to reassemble them. …
In 2009 The Guinness Book of World Records declared Casu Marzu the most dangerous cheese in the world. Is it? Absolutely not. Casu Marzu is a traditional Sardinian cheese. This cheese starts its life as a typical pecorino (sheep’s milk) cheese but becomes much more interesting when the cheesemaker cuts holes in the top of …
Here in the United States, approximately 50% by weight of a beef cow and 55% of a pig make it to the grocery store shelves. That means almost half of each animal we slaughter doesn’t even have a chance to be a part of our food supply and, too many people, is not even considered …
I have news for you. All mammals make cheese inside of their stomachs. Yes, that’s right! It is part of a natural digestive process developed in response to millions of years of evolutionary pressures to ensure infant mammals derive nutrition from their mother’s milk in the safest and most nourishing way possible. To achieve this, …
More than you can possibly imagine! Pizza is one of the most common foods in the world. And, it makes sense why – it is both delicious and incredibly versatile. The wide, flat dough is a blank canvas that can be topped with literally anything from sauce and cheese for a traditional, savory version to …
Fast food and fast casual Mexican Restaurants such as Taco Bell, supported by their multimillion dollar advertising, marketing and social media campaigns, shape the reality of what Mexican cuisine is for many of us. And, its real power comes from the fact that even for most of us eating at one of these establishments is …
I received an email recently that inspired this blog. In it, the author of the email asked me the question, “Isn’t cow’s milk meant for baby cows?” It’s a good question. This, and questions like it seem to be increasingly common as we seek to identify a diet that is not just nourishing, but also …
CHRISTINA AND I JUST RETURNED HOME FROM THE MOUNTAINS OF WESTERN VIRGINIA, SO WE ARE A DAY LATE WITH OUR WEEKLY NEWSLETTER . . . As we pulled into our drive, we reflected on the strange week we just experienced and three things came immediately to mind: Stone tools, Sourdough bread and the Space shuttle. …
I have been talking for years about learning to eat like a human. I want to take this opportunity to tell you more about it. Let me be clear – this is not a diet. At least not in a traditional sense. Instead, this is an all encompassing approach to connecting with your food and, …
HOPE YOU HAD A WONDERFUL, BODY AND SOUL NOURISHING THANKSGIVING! We just finished a whirlwind week of family, friends, teaching and learning, sharing, and amazing food – which explains our absence from social media over the past week or so. This picture kind of explains how we are feeling after the non-stop adventures too! We …
There are many approaches to prevent cheating on your diet during the holidays. And, most of them are destined for failure because they are too orthorexic. Even if whatever approach to your diet makes sense for you biologically, a black and white approach ignores something that is equally as important to us modern humans…our cultural …
I COULDN’T BELIEVE IT WAS ACTUALLY HAPPENING… After spending months dreaming of taking it to the next level I was actually going to see her outside of work and school. We had met months earlier on the first day of the spring semester at The College of New Jersey and, perhaps serendipitously, it also happened …
A STAPLE IN OUR HOUSE HAS ALWAYS BEEN TACO NIGHT. HOWEVER, I GOT A PIT IN MY STOMACH EVERY TIME I READ THE BACK OF THE PRE-PACKAGED TORTILLAS AT THE GROCERY STORE. I knew that all these ingredients were not necessary in a real tortilla and didn’t want to feed that crap to my kids. …
Recently there is more polarizing dialogue over human diet and health than ever before, and as a result, navigating the modern human dietary landscape has never been more confusing. On one side of the argument a vegan diet is advocating an animal-free, wholly plant-based for health of the planet and our species. On the other, …
Art, Craft, and Design; Business Studies; Classical Studies; French; Home Economics; Materials Technology (Wood); Spanish; German; Music; and Technical Graphics – this was the list of subject choices Billy and Brianna got to select from when the entered The High School (yes, the name of their school was literally The High School) this year. It was a no-brainer …
This year we have been blessed beyond our wildest dreams with the opportunity to see the world. What we planned to simply be a year living abroad in Ireland while Bill wrote his food book and the kids became immersed in Irish schools and Irish sports turned into a world-wide adventure. Instead – using Ireland …
Part 2: A Very Unique Combination The primary purpose of the trip to Kenya was to learn more about Mursik, however, I was also interested in experiencing the nomadic pastoralist practice of bloodletting to supplement diet made up almost exclusively of dairy. Milk, especially raw milk, is an incredibly nutritious food. And, nomadic pastoralists groups …
I have always been fascinated by the incredibly strange things that people have learned to eat through time in order to extract the maximum amount of nutrition from even the most desolate of environments. And, it has been rewarding to repeatedly attempt to shed myself of my inherent cultural biases that defines “normalcy” in …
THE YAK I am still in awe that one, single, well-placed strike with a sledge hammer had the power to drop the massive beast instantly to its knees…unconscious. It was the last time the animal moved. Certainly, it was not the first time this Mongolian herder had killed a yak, and his experience showed. As …
It started over a year ago, when Bill met Konrad on a plane from the States to Copenhagen. Who would have guessed that a foodie conversation about bone broth would have propelled us to visit Konrad in Germany this December, but guess what? When he told Bill to stop in if we are ever in …
Yep! That’s how it went . . . from a reputable magazine to FAKE NEWS! In the April 2017 issue of The Atlantic, Richard Schiffman detailed Bill’s unique approach to teaching in a piece he titled, “Professor Caveman.” I’ve got to admit that I definitely giggled when I saw that title and thought, “Man! That’s …
“No, I am putting my foot down on this one. No. No. No . . .You are not allowed to eat them.” What do you mean? Wait. Are you telling me what I can and cannot eat? I replied in disbelief. You don’t understand. I think there is something important in all of this, and, I don’t feel …
When the DJ asked me what song I wanted to end my surprise 40th birthday party with, I hesitated for just a moment and then this Jersey girl instantly yelled, “Living on a Prayer!” As we were dancing and singing at the top of our lungs, Brianna turned to me and said, “Mom – we …
For some father and sons, quality time means watching Sunday football games. For others, it might be heading to the park to throw the ball around. Where we live on the eastern shore of Maryland, typical father/son bonding moments occur in goose pits and tree stands in the wee hours of the morning or just …
